Received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse.
His parents owned a furniture store.
Burt Reynolds initially wanted Richard Kiel to play Troy Roker in City Heat but Clint Eastwood refused because he wanted Kiel in his next movie Pale Rider instead. So Worth who is normal size replaced the towering Kiel.